Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard audiobook

Riding the Rap

By Elmore Leonard
Read by Frank Muller

HarperAudio

The Raylan Givens Series: Book 2

6.65 Hours Unabridged
Format : Digital Download (In Stock)
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    ISBN: 9780061993855

“Wicked and irresistible….Elmore Leonard is a literary genius.” —New York Times Book Review Before U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens began electrifying TV viewers across America (in the hit series Justified), he “starred” in Elmore Leonard’s Riding the Rap—an explosive, twisty tale of a brazen Florida kidnap caper gone outrageously wrong. Chock full of wildly eccentric and deliciously criminal characters—including a psycho enforcer with a green thumb, a Bahamian bad man, and the beautiful, unabashedly greedy psychic Reverend Dawn—Riding the Rap dazzles with Leonard’s trademark ingenious plot turns and razor-keen dialogue. Gripping, surprising, and unforgettable, it is a crime fiction gem that any thriller writer—from past masters John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain to the bestselling mystery auteurs of today—would be thrilled to call his own.

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Summary

A Publishers Weekly bestseller

“Wicked and irresistible….Elmore Leonard is a literary genius.” —New York Times Book Review

Before U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens began electrifying TV viewers across America (in the hit series Justified), he “starred” in Elmore Leonard’s Riding the Rap—an explosive, twisty tale of a brazen Florida kidnap caper gone outrageously wrong. Chock full of wildly eccentric and deliciously criminal characters—including a psycho enforcer with a green thumb, a Bahamian bad man, and the beautiful, unabashedly greedy psychic Reverend Dawn—Riding the Rap dazzles with Leonard’s trademark ingenious plot turns and razor-keen dialogue. Gripping, surprising, and unforgettable, it is a crime fiction gem that any thriller writer—from past masters John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain to the bestselling mystery auteurs of today—would be thrilled to call his own.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

Riding the Rap is the work of an old master—it’s taut, fierce and mesmerizing.” Stephen Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Zero
“As well as a master storyteller, Leonard is one of our funniest writers, and for decades has richly dramatized elements of our culture. Riding the Rap is wonderful.” Andre Dubus, author of Dancing After Hours
“Tart, hip, and funny…As well as inimitable nutball characters and that unmistakable dialogue, Riding the Rap is shot through with sly, mordant street wisdom.” Chicago Sun-Times
“As always, Leonard’s cinematic grasp of scene and setting, his ability to arouse within us a helpless sympathy for even the lowest of his characters, his quirky pacing and plot twists, and his sly humor and artfully oddball prose sear our eyeballs and keep the pages turning.” Miami Herald
“The contemporary master of American crime fiction…Suffice it to say that while Riding the Rap demonstrates again that Elmore Leonard is no slouch when it comes to pulling together a dandy plot, it is for his dead-on characterizations and pitch-perfect dialogue that we read his books.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Elmore Leonard has the best ear for dialogue in the crime-writing biz. Under Leonard’s control Riding the Rap glides to a conclusion both violent and funny.”  Playboy

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Author Bio: Elmore Leonard

Author Bio: Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard (1925–2013) wrote more than fifty books during his highly successful career, including the bestsellers Djibouti, Road Dogs, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories, When the Women Come Out to Dance. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 6.65
Audience: Adult
Language: English